Vladimir M. Petrov

Dr. Sci. (Theory and History of Culture), Prof., Vice-President, International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, Moscow, Russia

Valeriy N. Ratushnyak

Dr. Sci. (National History), Prof., Department of History of Russia, Kuban State University, Honored Worker of Science of the Russian Federation, Krasnodar, Russia

Anatoliy I. Rakhaev

Dr. Sci. (Musical Art), Prof., Rector, North Caucasus State Institute of Arts, Honored Worker of Arts of the Russian Federation, Cavalier of the 0rder of Friendship, Nalchik, Russia

Irina G. Khangeldieva

Dr. Sci. (Aestethics), Prof., Dean, Faculty of Business in Culture; Head, Department of Applied Culturology and Sociocultural Management, International University in Moscow, Moscow, Russia

Evgeniy P. Chelyshev

Academician, Russian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Sci. (Philology), Prof., Chairman, Scientific Council for the Study and Protection of Cultural and Natural Heritage, Honored Worker of Science of the Russian Federation, Cavalier of the Order «For Merit to the Fatherlandt» 3rd and 4th Classes, Moscow, Russia

Anna I. Shcherbakova

Dr. Sci. (Theory and History of Culture; Theory and Methods of Professional Education), Rector, Moscow State Institute of Music, Moscow, Russia